Sunday 1 May 1932

It was Sunday, under the sign of Taurus. The US president was Herbert Hoover (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Claude Quin and Jacques-Louis Binet.
Grand Hotel, directed by Edmund Goulding, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1932
while The Sheltered Life by Ellen Glasgow was one of the best selling books.
But much more happened that day: find out below..

Festival of Matsu in Taiwan and various locales along the southern coast of China (2005).

Malta - L-Ewwel ta Mejju, Malta, Jum il-haddiem (Worker's Day).

United States - Law Day, U.S.A., Loyalty Day.

Roman Empire - fourth and last day of the Floralia in honour of Flora.

Roman Empire - all-female festival in honour of Bona Dea.

Saint Joseph the Worker (also known as Saint Joseph's Day).

Maharashtra Divas (Maharashtra Day) in the state of Maharastra, India. On May 1, 1960, Maharashtra came into existence when Bombay State was split into the new linguistic states of Maharashtra and Gujarat.

Beltane, L� Bealtaine, the first day of Summer in modern Ireland was celebrated by the Celts, and is now also celebrated by Neopagans and Wiccans.

May crowning - Unofficial ritual ceremony usually happening in the Roman Catholic Church.

Lei Day - Hawaiian holiday for the Lei.

Saint Jeremiah.

May Day, Labour Day, Workers' Day, Day of the International Solidarity of Workers.

Nobel Laureate Pearl S. Buck’s epic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and Oprah Book Club selection about a vanished China and one family’s shifting fortunes.Though more than seventy years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained ...

Louis Golding (1895-1958), a Ukrainian-Jewish writer born in Manchester, wrote Magnolia Street, a 1932 bestseller based on the Hightown area of Manchester, as it was in the 1920s featuring a street divided into 'gentile' and 'Jewish' sides.

The second installment in Pearl S. Buck’s acclaimed Good Earth trilogy: the powerful story of three brothers whose greed will bring their family to the brink of ruinSons begins where The Good Earth ended: Revolution is sweeping through China.